Benamar Bakhti

Directing

Benamar Bakhti

Born — Died

1941-12-28 — 2015-06-03

Place of birth

Tlemcen, Algeria

Known for

Directing

Credits

6 titles

Born in 1941 in Tlemcen, trained at the Institute for Advanced Film Studies (IDHEC) in Paris, Benamar Bakhti (بن عمر بختي) worked for a time on French television (ORTF) as an assistant to Claude Lelouch and Jean-Paul Sassy, ​​​​before returning to Algeria and joining Algerian television (RTA). After "El Khalidoune" (1969) and "Un Combattant" (1974), on the theme of the war of independence, then "Le Retour", on that of Algerian emigration to France, Benamar Bakhti distinguished himself in 1983 with "Cheikh Bouamama", an RTA blockbuster devoted to the Ouled Sidi Cheikh revolt against the French army in the 1880s. "The return". With "Le Clandestin" at the turn of 1991, Benamar Bakhti distingu…

Known for

Behind the camera

Le Retour poster
10.0

In the early 1970s, Lakhdar, an Algerian peasant, is forced to leave his desert land and his family for France, but immigration weighs on him and he dreams of returning. This day arrives, he walks in Paris, events decide otherwise.

Le Retour

1979

Le Clandestin poster
9.5

Nine people with Abdullah Le Clandestin (Illegal Taxi), in one car, on the way to Algiers.

Le Clandestin

1989

Le Clandestin poster
9.5

Nine people with Abdullah Le Clandestin (Illegal Taxi), in one car, on the way to Algiers.

Le Clandestin

1989

Les Vacances de l'apprenti poster
10.0

The former teammate of the famous Inspector Tahar, "the Apprentice" turned Inspector Yahia, will conduct his final investigation in the city of Bejaia, but the surprise at the end is unexpected. Released in 1999, this feature film is dedicated to the late actor Hadj Abderrahmane, who played Inspector Tahar in the 1960s and 1970s.

Les Vacances de l'apprenti

1999

Les Vacances de l'apprenti poster
10.0

The former teammate of the famous Inspector Tahar, "the Apprentice" turned Inspector Yahia, will conduct his final investigation in the city of Bejaia, but the surprise at the end is unexpected. Released in 1999, this feature film is dedicated to the late actor Hadj Abderrahmane, who played Inspector Tahar in the 1960s and 1970s.

Les Vacances de l'apprenti

1999

The Epic of Cheikh Bouamama poster
9.0

The story of the film revolves around the epic of Sheikh Bouamama, a leader of the national resistance in Algeria during the French colonial era. The events are taking place in southwestern Algeria. The film also tells about different stages of the resistance, especially about one of the uprisings of the Algerian people, namely "the battle of the sons of Sidi Sheikh Bouamama", in which French General Leuti was appointed to try to suppress and end this resistance.

The Epic of Cheikh Bouamama

1985